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appzz/process
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Process via pipes

2.0.6(2y ago)01043MITPHPPHP >5.3.3

Since May 7Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Process v2.0
============

[](#process-v20)

Run cli-process in background and get output from pipes or files Works on \*nix & windows (with limitations)

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require appzz/process
```

Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
use \AppZz\CLI\Process;

chdir(realpath(__DIR__));
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$cmd = 'ping google.com';

//On windows need specify pipe!!! On *nix systems you can get output from all pipes
$pr = Process::factory ($cmd, Process::STDOUT);

//Trigger for all events
$pr->trigger('all', function ($data) {
	var_dump ($data);
	echo PHP_EOL;
});

//Or you can specify separated triggers

$pr->trigger('running', function ($data) {
	//get current output
  var_dump ($data[Process::STDOUT]);
  var_dump ($data[Process::STDERR]);
	echo PHP_EOL;
});

$pr->trigger('start', function () {
	echo 'Start!!!';
	echo PHP_EOL;
});

$pr->trigger('finished', function () {
	echo 'Finished!!!';
	echo PHP_EOL;
});

//Get exitcode of process, 0 on success
$exitcode = $pr->run(true);

//Or run and go away
$pr->run(false);

//If you don't want use triggers, you can use text files
$pr->output_file('./out.txt', Process::STDOUT, false);
$pr->output_file('./err.txt', Process::STDERR, false);

//Get full output
$std_out = $pr->get_log(Process::STDOUT);
$err_log = $st->get_log(Process::STDERR);

//Or
$std_out = $pr->get_output()
$err_log = $st->get_error();
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~287 days

Recently: every ~2 days

Total

9

Last Release

994d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02023-08-01

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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